“At that time the Roman Catholic Church routinely refused the sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation to intellectually disabled children, especially those with Down syndrome. Even today some local churches still refuse the sacrament to those with intellectual impairments, in… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share
“In subject files labeled as correspondence related to Rosemary Kennedy, withdrawal sheets indicate the removal of hundreds of documents dating between 1923 and the… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share Image
“If Dr. Good missed the birth of the baby, he could not charge his extremely high fee of $125 for prenatal care and delivery.… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share Image
“At that time the Roman Catholic Church routinely refused the sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation to intellectually disabled children, especially those with Down syndrome. Even today some local churches still refuse the sacrament to those with intellectual impairments, in spite of a directive from the church during the latter part of the twentieth century that clergy should offer the… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share
“In the hours, days, and weeks following lobotomy, patients like Rosemary experienced a wide array of postoperative reactions and symptoms. They vomited uncontrollably. Incontinence plagued some for weeks or months or longer. They were alternately restless and inert, many with expressionless faces, their eyes transfixed or drowsy-looking. Many picked at the surgical dressing on their head. Confused and frightened, many… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share
“Women were most frequently institutionalized by the order of husbands and fathers, whose will and opinion superseded the women’s. A doctor’s legal and medical… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share Image
“Tens of thousands of patients would be forced to undergo lobotomies in the United States over the next two decades, and not until antipsychotic… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share Image
“disorder, chronic pain, and bipolar and other mood disorders. The procedure was also used to treat perceived defective personality traits that included homosexuality, nymphomania, criminal behavior, and marijuana and drug addiction. Freeman would later describe potential patients as society’s “misfits.” Women, in particular, made up the largest group of lobotomy patients. Women who were depressed, had bipolar illness, or were… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share
“When holding Rose’s legs together failed to keep the baby from coming, the nurse resorted to another, more dangerous practice: holding the baby’s head… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share Image
“women represented eighty-two percent of the total number of lobotomy patients from 1938 to 1954. In hospitals across the country, women constituted between sixty… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share Image
